Flagstaff in the summer

No photos of great alpine hikes this time, but I slept later than Hannah every day, so the trip was a success. Hannah had a fabulous time at Baba and Nammy's house, and pitched a bit of a fit about wanting to stay. She grew up a ton in the week we were gone, much to Andy's dismay.

Fun Hannah tricks for the week: Calling my parents Bab and Nam. As in "Hey Bab! Hey Nam!" Building her very own matching block towers - photo to come! Chasing wildlife through the backyard. A fancy dinner out with one very attentive honorary aunt.

Yogurt, revisited

Andy offered to share his yogurt with Hannah this afternoon, and I was amazed at how familiar the scene looked. This is December 2008. Sorry for the sideways - still haven't figured out how to do that on this computer!

For the love of maracas

This is Hannah's latest composition, as performed on a random early morning. This is a slightly forced rendition, though not as fake as the previous video where she kept her teeth clenched the entire time, and a little more entertaining than the first one where she just rolled on the floor for a while. Note the fermata effect on the last note - my little musician. The first version sounded a bit like "Maria", but who am I to give my kid credit for singing tritones at age two?

I love that when I turned on the Gipsy Kings on Sunday afternoon, she started singing the maraca song. Is it possible for someone named Hannah to have a latin flare? If nothing else, it's possible for her to have rockin' bed head.

Wish us luck - and sleep!

Vintage! My old "Ba Boo Boon" t-shirt (now you know my secret nickname from my Dad!) and some crunchy mesh grocery bags. Hannah/Lindsey circa 1977.

Drum roll, please... it's time for the big girl bed. I picked up a little toddler bed from someone off of Craig's list a few weeks ago, and Hannah spotted it in the garage and has been talking about it ever since. So we're taking the plunge tonight. And this is what we have so far.

Yes, that's our baby under there. After all my hard work to make sleep sacks for her so she wouldn't cover herself with the blanket at 1 year, here she is at 2 (and a quarter!), with the blanket pulled all the way up over her head. So now we're doing some blanket rearranging and hoping for a full night's sleep.

Other recent fun - we went on a hike at Chautauqua with Nick, Anna and the kiddos a few weeks ago. The kids had a great time hiking together, and with the exception of Hannah taking a big digger on the downhill, a good time was had by all.

Checking out a fuzzy caterpillar! They all had to walk over every rock on the trail. Not the fastest way to get down, but still fun.

Less fun, but kind of exciting, I guess, is my job search. So now I have full-time teaching offers and have to figure out if I'm ready to go back to work full time or can turn them down and hope for the perfect part-time opportunity to materialize. Ugh. I feel really fortunate to have any job offer right now, but I have this image of the perfect part-time teaching job where I still have time to focus more on Hannah. I have to decide by tomorrow morning - wish me luck.